Lawn-swing.



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LAWN SWING. APPLICATION FILED JULY 31,1905.

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LAWN SWING.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY W. WATSON, OF DANVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- FOURTH TO HENRY C. BRIGHT, OF DANVILLE, KENTUCKY.

LAWN-SWING.

Specification of Letters Patent.-

Patented Jan. 9, 1906.

Application filed'July 31,1905- Serial No. 272,103.

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This invention relates to those lawn-rockers or lawn-swings characterized by vis-a-vis seats, low-down supporting-frames, and pedal operating devices.

The present invention consists in certain novel combinations of peculiarly arranged parts, as hereinafter described and claimed.

The objects of this invention are to do away with the swinging or tilting motion, which is nauseating to a great many persons, and to provide instead a substantially horizontal movement, which will afford sufficient motion and at the same time keep the seats stationary lwith1 reference to each other and always on a eve Two sheets of drawings accompany this specification as part thereof.-

Figure 1 is a side view ofthe improved lawnswing with its parts at rest. Fig. 2 is a top view projected from Fig. 1 with the awningframe in section on the line A A. Fig. 3 represents a vertical longitudinal section on the line B B, Fig. 2, showing the movable parts at rest in full lines and at one extreme of their movement in dotted lines; and Fig. 4 represents a vertical longitudinal section on the line C C, Fig. 2, showing the movable parts at rest in full lines and at the opposite extreme of their movement in dotted lines.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in all the figures. I

The frame of the improved lawn-swing consists of'a rectangular base portion a, two pairs of uprights band 0, coinciding in position with the backs of the pair of seats 1 and 2 when the swing is at rest, as in Figs. 1 and 2 and in full lines in Figs. 3 and 4:, and two pairs of shorter uprights d and 6, located at the ends All the uprights are conveniently fastened in place within the baseframe a, and the uprights Z) and c are made high enough to be united at top by overhead cross-pieces f and adapted to support an awning'z'. 7

The seats 1 and 2 are rigidly connected with each other beneath by a horizontally-movable frame 3, the side bars of which are provided with notches 3 open at bottom to interact with transverse portions of a pair of loop-hangers 4: and 5, which swing on horizontal pivot ends 1' and 5 at the upper extremities of the hangers, supported in bearings suitably formed in said uprights b and c. A horizontally-movable foot-platform 6 swings freely above the seat-frame 3, itsside bars being provided with notches 6', open at bottom, which interact with transverse rods 7 and 8, forming the lower horizontal members of a pair of lever-frames 9 and 10, that are pivoted between said shorter uprights d and 6, respectively, by pivot-rods 11 and 12 parallel with said rods 7 and 8. The side bars of said lever-frames 9 and 10 extend upward behind those of,-the rigid backs of said seats 1 and 2, respectively, and are connected therewith at top by links 13 and 14, which are conveniently transmitted through said lever-frames 9 and 10 and said links 13 and 14 to the pair of seats 1 and 2 and their connecting-frame 3. The distance between the pivot-rods 11 and 12 and the links 13 and 14 is conveniently made greater than that between said pivot-rods and the bars 7 and 8 to any desired extent. Said side bars of the lever-frames 9 and 10 are conveniently provided with oblique notches 9 and 10 to interact with the pivot-rods 11 and 12, the ends of which are tightly held in the shorter uprights cl and e. Said notches 3', 6, 9, and 10' provide for readily disconnecting the moving parts, so as to facilitate crating the swing and for assembling the parts without the aid of an artisan.

It will be understood that when either or both of the seats 1 and 2 may be occupied the feet upon the foot-platform 6 move the latter ICC foot-platform 6 may be underneath the seatframe 3, and other like modifications Will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art.

Having thus described said improvement, I claim as my invention and desire to patent under this specification 1. A lawn-swing having, in combination, a supporting-frame, a pair of seats and a seatframe common to both movable together horizontall y but rigidly connected with each other, ahorizontally-movable foot-platform, swinging supports for said seats and said platform respectively having axes of motion parallel with each other, and means for transmitting motion from said platform to said seats.

2. A lawn-swing having, in combination, a supporting-frame, a pair of vis-a-vis seats and a seat-frame common to both movable together horizontally but rigidly connected with each other, a horizontally-movable foot-platform between said seats, swinging supports for said seats and said platform respectively having axes of motion parallel with each other, and means for transmitting motion from said platform to said seats.

3. A lawn-swing having, in combination, a supporting-frame, a pair of seats and a seatframe common to both movable together horizontally but rigidly connected with each other, a horizontally-movable foot-platform, swinging supports for said seats and said platform respectively having axes of motion parallel with each other, and means for transmitting motion from said platform to said seats, the platform and seats moving at each impulse in opposite directions.

4. A lawn-swing having, in combination, a supporting-frame, a pair of seats and a seatframe common to both movable together horizontally but rigidly connected with each other, a horizontally-movable foot-platform, swinging supports for said seats and said platform respectively having axes of motion parallel with each other, and motion-increasing devices for transmitting motion from said platform to said seats.

5. A lawn-swing having, in combination, a supporting-frame, a seat-frame movable horizontally, a horizontally-movable foot-platform, swinging supports for said seat-frame and platform respectively having axes of motion parallel with each other, and motion-increasing devices transmitting motion from said platform to said seat-frame the two moving at each impulse in opposite directions.

6. A lawn-swing having, in combination, a supporting-frame, a pair of vis-a-vis seats having upwardly-extending backs with side bars and a seat-frame common to both seats movable together horizontally but rigidly connected with each other, a horizontallymovable foot-platform, swinging supports for said seat-frame and said platform respectively having axes of motion parallel with each other, the'supports of said platform being in the form of lever-frames interacting therewith below their pivots and having side bars located behind those of the respective seats and-extended above their pivots to any desired extent, and motion-transmitting links connecting the upper ends of the side bars of said lever-frames with those of the seats, respectively,substantially as hereinbefore specified.

HENRY W. WATSON. Witnesses:

J. A. PRALL, Jr., J. R. LETCHER. 

